| Description |
xxi, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I EDUCATION -- 1.James Stirling's Formative Years -- 2.Stirling's Assessment of Modernity -- pt. II JAMES STIRLING AND JAMES GOWAN -- 3.Laying the Foundations for a Fresh Approach to Design: Research and Development in Architectural Practice -- 4.Variations on the Square as an Archetype -- 5.A Heroic Architecture of Planes and Light: Early Modernism's Functional Paradigm Reinvented -- pt. III JAMES STIRLING -- Cambridge Analysis -- Florey Analysis -- 6.The Sixties: A New Architectural Language -- 7.An Architecture of Context and Association -- pt. IV JAMES STIRLING AND MICHAEL WILFORD -- 8.From Greenfield to the City -- pt. V AN OVERVIEW OF STIRLING'S APPROACH TO DESIGN -- 9.Function, Form and Meaning -- Stuttgart Analysis -- 10.James Stirling and Classical Architecture -- 11.James Stirling: Interests and Influences -- 12.Circular Forms in Stirling's Late Work -- 13.Interview with Michael Wilford, October 1998 -- Braun AG Analysis |
| Summary |
Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century. This book provides the most comprehensive critical survey of Stirling's work to date, charting the development of his ideas from his formative years, through his partnership with James Gowan, on to his period in practice as sole partner, and finally, his partnership with Michael Wilford |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Stirling, James (James Frazer) -- Friends and associates.
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Stirling, James (James Frazer) -- Aesthetics.
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Stirling, James (James Frazer) -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Gowan, James.
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Wilford, Michael, 1938-
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James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Postmodern -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
2010046222 |
| ISBN |
9781409409267 hardback alkaline paper |
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